Amy is my fourth cousin 1 x removed. See more about her husband Frank McGrath.
Daughter of JHL Cumpston and
Gladys Maeva Walpole
Siblings:
John Stanley Cumpston
Howard Bruce Cumpston
Alan George Cumpston
Dora Margaret Cumpston
Ina Mary Cumpston
Maeve Elizabeth [Cumpston] Galloway
DeB 52
Cumpston speaks of the poets she admires, the direction poetry should take ; Cumpston also reads three of her poems. Notes Recorded on June 16, 1964.
Recordings include:
Amy Cumpston (McGrath) interviewed by Hazel de Berg in the Hazel de Berg collection [sound recording]. Poet and dramatist, she speaks of her family background; her dislike of university studies; about her poetry writing; the frustrations in being a poet and a playwright; about the element of luck in the writing game; running the Mews Playhouse; Australian theatre.
Interview with Judge Frank McGrath [her husband] [sound recording] / interviewer, Amy McGrath Trafford Whitelock interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
Captain Val St. Leon interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
Harold H. Glass interviewed by Amy McGrath [sound recording]
The annual swimming carnival of the Telopea Park Intermediate High School was held yesterday , afternoon.
F.C.T. Girls under 14 years 33 yds.
Freestyle: A. Cumpston (T.P.), 1, M. Waring (G.) 2, E. Blakeley (T.P.) 3.
The Canberra Times Thursday 15 March 1934
Amy is mentioned in 'An annotated bibliography of contemporary women poets of Australia'.
Author: Jennifer Strauss
Affiliation: Monash University, DOI: 10.1080/17449857808588507
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year. Published in: Journal of Postcolonial Writing, Volume 17, Issue 1 April 1978 , pages 63 - 82S. Previously published as: World Literature Written in English (0093-1705) until 2005
CUMPSTON (McGrath), Amy G. Historian 1944–1952 0.07 Copies of her Ms. on the Balmain dispute in the Federated Ironworkers Association. http://www.archives.anu.edu.au/nbac/html/pdf/ListofHoldings%20_personalcollection.pdf
There are biographical papers in respect of Amy Reference Number: MS 11
Guide to the Papers of The Oxford companion to Australian literature
Academy Library, UNSW@ADFA
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Alphabetical biographical files: Cumpston, Amy;
In addition The National Library of Australia has an audio tape of a conversation with Amy Cumpston, poet and dramatist [sound recording] / interviewer, Hazel de Berg http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/364911
Audio Bib ID 364911 . Format Audio. Author McGrath, Amy, 1921-
http://www.chilli.net.au/~rcolman/ksf/review99.htm
Amy is noted to have been active in constitutional politics:
1997 - 1998 Annual Review
Rosemary Colman
Speaking on the stage of the Sydney Town Hall
as an ACM Candidate for the Constitutional Convention:
Notes from the President's Report 18 June 1998
The Constitutional Convention Campaign: Three of our members were co-opted as candidates: Amy McGrath, Tricia Gibbons (Ferguson), Rosemary Colman , and Quentin Schneider stood as an independent.
'Vote monitoring: Dr Amy McGrath's expertise in vote monitoring had the Australian Electoral Commission covering their lines of retreat.'
Dr Amy McGRATH, OAM, JP was educated at Telopea Park High School, Canberra and at Sydney University (BA Hons; MA; PhD, 1975). In 1970 and 1971 she travelled to the USA and the UK, respectively, on U.S. State Department and British Council grants. She was the founding secretary of the Australian Playwrights Conference, and has twice been appointed to the Sydney University Senate. She has published widely, including most recently two books on electoral fraud, and in 1996 became the founding convenor of the H S Chapman Society, a body established to raise public awareness of the prevalence of electoral fraud in Australia.
Amy is the author of a number of poetry books and numerous other publications and has her own website :
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